BOOK 1
1955


CHAPTER 1


Micheal Corleone sat in the leather armchair, the window overlooking the rest of the mall.
To his other side, was the fat, jolly Pete Clemenza.
Tom Hagen poured him a drink.
" Micheal, I want you to remember something."
" We're all going to miss your father."
Micheal's face was impassive.
Clemenza cleared his throat, he nodded when Hagen handed him the drink.
" Mikey, I just wanna' know, what happened to Sally?"
Micheal nodded. " He turned on us Pete."
Clemenza, saddened, seemed to have understood immediatley.
He nodded his head in a vague expression of opinion.
He frowned and left the room.
Al Neri. It was Al Neri who had killed Tessio.
Two shots two the head.
Micheal got up from the chair, to now join the rest of the party, out by the parked limousine. The mall itself was still an impenatrable fortress, as ordered by Vito Corleone.
Micheal sat in the middle of the seats, Tom joining him to his right.
Mike gestured to Rocco Lampone, in the front seat.
Al walked over to the limo. Mike whispered " Al, I want you to call Fred, tell him we're coming over in a couple of hours."
Al nodded.
They were to be meeting Fredo in Las Vegas.
Fredo was still sore at Micheal for killing Moe Greene, but didnt dare say anything.
Inside, Neri dialed Fredo's number.
It rung for nearly a minuite, until a wary Fredo picked it up.
" Yeah?"
" Its me, Al--"
Fredo's apparent wariness was plausible.
" Hey Al, what'dya' need?"
" Mike's gonna' be coming over to see how things are over there, OK?"
Fredo was flushed.
Fredo nodded. " Yeah."
Neri nodded, and hung up the receiver.
He grabbed a revolver, put it in his jacket and went out to meet the rest of the party in the limo.
Neri seats himself to the other side of Micheal.
Micheal asks, " Well, did you tell Freddie?"
Neri nods. " Yeah, told em we'll be over in a couple of hours."
They drove away.
Neri begins, " So whyre we gonna' visit Fred"?
Micheal says, " We need to make sure he's watching out for himself, Fred's stupid, thats why we have Lucy out there, to keep an eye on him."
Hagen sighs.
Hagen speaks, " Jules is also still out there, he still helps Fredo out."
Al Neri's face flushed.


A day prior to when Micheal went to meet Fredo, Micheal was met by Amerigo Bonasera, with a favor to ask.

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